Social Worker LMSW- PRN Days

Job description

Why You’ll Love Working Here: - Future Security – 401(k) with employer matching to help you build long-term financial stability. Role: Licensed Medical Social Worker: Location: Merit Health- Central- Jackson, MS Schedule: PRN- Day Shift: Job Summary: The Social Worker – LMSW provides professional social work services to patients and families to address psychosocial needs, support care transitions, and connect individuals to community resources. This role performs comprehensive assessments, provides emotional support and counseling, and collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team to develop and implement effective treatment and discharge plans. The Social Worker – LMSW plays a key role in improving patient outcomes, reducing readmissions, and supporting vulnerable populations across the care continuum. Essential Functions: - Conducts age-appropriate psychosocial assessments for patients across the lifespan, including neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations. - Assesses the interrelationship between psychosocial factors and medical conditions to identify barriers to recovery and discharge. - Provides emotional support, crisis intervention, and counselin...